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Companies

WSP Global Buys Wood's Environmental Unit in $1.8B Deal

Emell D. Adolphus

Debra K. Rubin

June 3, 2022

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The global professional services firm says the deal advances its strategy for environmental consultjng services to account for one-third of its global annual net revenue by 2024.

Annals of Inflation

How a Critical Delay Sent St. Louis Convention Center Project Costs Sky High

Richard Korman

James Leggate

June 1, 2022

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The bid atmosphere and market for contracting deteriorated as St. Louis County and the city hammered out a deal.

Companies

US Settles Border Wall Suit Against Contractor Fisher Sand & Gravel

Mary B. Powers

June 1, 2022

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Ex-federal wall builder agrees to maintain his privately funded and sited Texas riverbank barrier, with signs of instability, for 15 years and to post $3M repair bond.

Construction Fatality

Valero Energy Refinery, Contractors Fined $1.75M in 2021 Union Worker Death

Jim Parsons

May 31, 2022

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California facility and three contractors are cited by state OSHA for multiple violations, including serious and willful infractions, in confined space asphyxiation death of laborers' union member Luis Gutierrez, 35

Map showing path of the Gateway South Transmission Project from from Utah, through Colorado to Wyoming

Power Construction

Western Transmission Projects Pushed to Link New Power Sources

Mary B. Powers

May 31, 2022

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Large scale voltage lines move ahead in federal reviews, as utilities seek to link more onshore wind and other renewable energy in their changing power source mix.

Hazardous Waste

Utilities Voice PFAS Liability Fear as Chemicals Head to Superfund List

Mary B. Powers

Debra K. Rubin

May 30, 2022

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Major US water, waste utility groups lobby Congress for exemption from developing federal enforcement of stiffer rules to clean up ubiquitous toxic substances in the environment.

Sustainability

Corporate Leaders Seek Feds' Help to Meet Climate Emissions Reduction Pledges

More funding for technology development and research; tax incentives will go a long way, they say.

Pam McFarland

Debra K. Rubin

May 27, 2022

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New ERM study also reveals what 40 public firms spend to disclose their climate risks, as the SEC proposes to make that reporting a new requirement.

Rail

Record-Setting Tunnel Under the Alps Reaches Interim Milestone

Peter Reina

May 27, 2022

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An excavator recently broke through a wall separating two sections of the $9.6-billion Brenner Base Tunnel, creating a 24.1-km continuous bore from the south portal at Fortezza, Italy to the Austrian border.